Virtual Faxing

[tacticool]

What software or services do you guys use to send and receive faxes?

I want to fax elected officials asking them to support bills this session. I don't have a home phone so I can't use my computer's fax modem and I don't want to send a stack of personal faxes from work.

I know there are several email-to-fax service providers, but most seem to want a long term contract. That's fine for small businesses, and I suspect that's their target market, but I would prefer a pay-as-you-go plan. Something like 10-20 cents per page sounds reasonable, so I could fax a whole committee for the price of lunch.

I think someone mentioned magicjack for faxes. How does that work? Do you have to plug your fax modem into the magic jack? I went to their website for more information but it looks like they don't officially support faxes. Fax FAQ. My google-fu says it's because fax over VOIP (aka fax over voice over IP ) has problems in general.

Thank you.

[suthdj]

http://www.ureach.com/home/personal.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[i8godzilla]

We use eFax. (http://www.efax.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;). They have a monthly plan.

I would suggest you investigate:

--http://www.savetz.com/fax/
--http://www.faxprices.com/

Best of luck!

[boba]

http://www.fedex.com/us/office/services/fax.html

[Charles L. Cotton]

http://www.nextiva.com/products/online-fax.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[RPB]

Magic Jack will not work with satellite internet, does fine with DSL or cable

Do you have to plug your fax modem into the magic jack?

your fax/scanner/printer "all-in-one thingy or fax machine (or possibly a fax modem maybe if you are faxing straight from a doc/application ... I never tried that through the magic jack).

What I originally did was get a 2 phone to 1 line adapter, plugged phone into the back of the printer/fax machine, set Fax to not answer till 4th ring, and I had an answering machine on the other, (which I since unplugged since magic jack e-maiils voice messages now)

But yes, you plug the phone into the printer/fax machine, and the machine/printer into the magic jack, no need for the 2-jack splitter.


I had ok results with longer phone wire, but had to go to 6' wires when it messed up later


I have an HP all-in-one which faxes (not all models fax, some just copy/print/scan) and a magic jack.
The printer/fax machine needs to be "something I forgot) compatible (most modern ones are) I just got the cheapest HP one that faxes which WalMart had (I first bought another brand, but it didn't print) There is a setting in the printer/fax setup that you can turn off, and if you do, it won't work any more (that whatchacall it compatibility thing)

Read more: How to Connect a Fax Machine to Magic Jack | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_5882460_connect ... z1HfXr5m29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.magicjacksupport.com/using-m ... t6651.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.magicjacksupport.com/magicjack53438.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.magicjacksupport.com/these-s ... t2808.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[The Annoyed Man]

We use eFax. (http://www.efax.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;). They have a monthly plan.

[BrianSW99]

I use the Pay-as-you-go plan at GreenFax for sending. It's 7c for the first page and 5c per page after that. No monthly fee. You just add to your balance when it gets low. I use a different service for receiving.

http://greenfax.com/sendonlyplan.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Brian

[FL450]

I use max email. Good plans for small user, no contract, I do pay extra for a dedicated inbound fax number to receive faxes to my email inbox.

[CrimsonSoul]

http://www.faxzero.com is what I use, you get 2 free faxes a day at a maximum of 3 pages per fax once you exceed the 2 faxes it's 1.99 a fax, but I never exceed it because I don't fax much :)